Improvement in bells



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Similar letters of reterence indicate corresponding "JOSHUA REGESTERJOF BALTIMORE, `MA

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RYLANDQ A l A Letters Patent No. ,112,631, dated March 14,1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN BELLS.

l i p `The Schedule referred to lin' these Letters atent `and making partei' the same.

To all whom, it 'may concern :iV

Be it known that I, J osnUARnens'rnn, of thecity and county of Baltimore and State ofMaryl-and, have inventeda new and usefnllmprovement in Bells; and I do herebyldeclare that the `following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being hadto making part of this speci- Fignrel is alperspeetive view-of a bell, which is Fignre2 isa verticalcentral section through the bell l `mounted accordingtomy improved plan.`

parts in the several figures;

`'.lhs inventionlrelates particularly to large bells, and consists-- l First, inlianginga bell with its mouth or open end directedupward anditspoint` of support upon 4its vi- `bratingyoke soi'ar below the axis of motio'n ofthis.. i yoke that the center of gravity of the bell will fall below said axis and allow :the bell to be easily vibrated by the direct application to itslower end of the bellropes,'as will be hereinafter explained. y

i p Second, in a quadrilateral `base-piece, which is adapted i `to receive in it the` pivotalfendof the clapper, and also a V-shaped spring, which prevents the clapper-ball from resting on the bell,"said` 'base-piece, spring, and clapper being secured tothe crownof the bell by means "cfa single bolt,`as{will be hereinafter explained. A

` To enable others skilled'in the art to understandv `myinvention`,'1 willwexplain ,p its construction and operation. l lersonswhose duty it is to ring large bellswhich are hung with their mouths or. open ends directed downward are aware thatuthe operation is attended with considerable danger, owing to the liability of the clapper to become detachedfrom the bell and fall.

" Toobviate this objection I 'hang the bell with its open enddirected upward, so that should theclapper B become detached from its pivot n it Willnot fall out of the bell;` l i l ,-1 A `The crown or lower end of 'the bell A is supported *upon a'vibrating yokeJ), which yoke is curved in such :manner that the ends ofits arms extend up nearly to p the top or open end ofthe bell, and are supported by j standards() Ofat points a c.

` Theaxsfof vibration o" the yoke D is thus raised so high above thevcrown of the bell Vthat this latter l part will preponderate, and thus maintain the inverted positionofftlic belland allow it tobe'vibrated with very little expenditure of labor, and by means of ropes applied to its lower end in line with its vertical center.

lwell-known manner, is pivoted between two jaws, j j, which rise from a base-piece, G.

ally, and are connected together by cross-pieces, t t, which afford bearings or supports for the arms of a U-shaped spring, s.

fast to the bell with the base-piece G, by means of a a nut, p, as shown in fig. 2.

By means of the jaws j j andcross-pieces t t, on

HYbase-piece G, the arms of the spring-s are prevented from being displaced from their proper position in the piane of Vibration of the clapper B.

f The spring-arms s aord `yielding supports for the headlfrom resting on the bell.

Under this arrangement it will beiseeu that the bellropes by which the bell is Vrung are attached to the nut p in the vertical center ofthe bell, thus, allowing the bell tobe swung easily and with little or no jar to the steeple, it being 'only necessary todmove the bell suflicient to change the gravity of the clapper, thereby giving a uniform blow, and thus theJ bell can be rung fast or slow, at pleasure.

Having described my invention,

What 'I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- Y 1. The bell A, which is operated by a rope attached brating yoke, D, with its month directed upward, and so that the center of gravity Yof the bell falls below the axis of motion of the yoke, in combinationl with springclapper supports s, substantially as described.

2. The perforated base-piece G, constructed with fnloium-pins t t, isolated as described-, the U-'spring s s, when confined by the pin g, `having a bearing time the whole length of the arxns'of this spring, fronnthe head of the pin g to their tips, having free- -doni to playwhen under tension or released, substantially as and for thepurpose described.

' JOSHUA REGESTER.

Witnesses DAVID A. Torun,

DANIEL T. line ns'rnn.

Theclapper`B, which is constructed 'in the usual The upper ends of these jaws jj extend out later- A This spring is centrally perforated, and is secured l bolt, y, which. passes through the neck y of the bell. in yoke D, and receives on its end a-washer, fw, and

clapper-head to strike the bell freely, but prevent this to its crown, and which is v also supported upon a vi against the inner side of the pins, and at the same 

